STRUCT DRM_PRIVACY_SCREEN(9)

💖 struct drm_privacy_screen(9) — the central privacy-screen glow-up 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's giving "backstage pass to the privacy screen club" ✨ buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct drm_privacy_screen — the central privacy-screen structure, aka the main character 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct drm_privacy_screen {
    struct device dev;
    struct mutex lock;
    struct list_head list;
    struct blocking_notifier_head notifier_head;
    const struct drm_privacy_screen_ops *ops;
    enum drm_privacy_screen_status sw_state;
    enum drm_privacy_screen_status hw_state;
    void *drvdata;
 };

no cap, that's the whole struct 💅

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🫶 Members 🫶

• dev — the device used to register the privacy-screen in sysfs. it's literally the screen's official ID card 🪪
• lock — a mutex that protects all the fields in this struct. every single one. don't skip it, fr fr 🔒
• list — the privacy-screen devices list list-entry. yep, "list list-entry", iconic phrasing, we keep it 🎀
• notifier_head — the privacy-screen notifier head. it's the one who tells everyone what's up 📣
• ops — the struct drm_privacy_screen_ops for this privacy-screen. heads up: this is NULL if the driver has unregistered the privacy-screen 👀 (so like, if it's NULL, the driver said bye)
• sw_state — the privacy-screen's software state. see :ref:Standard Connector Properties<standard_connector_properties>`` for more info 💻
• hw_state — the privacy-screen's hardware state. see :ref:Standard Connector Properties<standard_connector_properties>`` for more info 🔧
• drvdata — private data owned by the privacy screen provider. it's their personal business, we don't touch 🙈

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💜 Description 💜

Okay so the tea ☕: this is the central privacy-screen structure. it contains the struct device used to register the screen in sysfs, the screen's state, its ops, etc. basically the whole vibe of the screen lives here 🦋

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/drm/drm_privacy_screen_driver.h
• struct drm_privacy_screen_ops(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🍓

no gatekeeping here — go read the source file, it's lowkey a slay 💀

<x-purple>mwah 💋 this page lives in ./include/drm, dated October 2026, and that's the cute sign-off — periodt 👑🌈</x-purple>